PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NO RIGHT TO THREATEN NATO

 PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD NOT THREATEN NATO

By: Derek Varsalona

President Donald J. Trump threatened NATO, requesting their help to secure the Straits of Hormuz.  With oil reaching $105 a barrel, should NATO take his words with caution?

President Trump is wrong to threaten NATO in the way that he did.  Over the years, we have seen that President Trump is aggressive in nature.  I like his aggressiveness.  But what I do not like is the fact that he feels he can threaten another country or international entity in the way that he did.  President Trump threatened NATO, claiming that he would remember if NATO did not listen to his demands.  In international diplomacy, things are better left unsaid.

President Trump had no right to threaten NATO in the way that he did.  Threatening NATO in the way that he did does not help with international relations.  Art actually hurts international relations when you threaten your NATO allies.  Yes, President Trump will remember if NATO does not help.  But the best bet for President Trump is to work with NATO, not threaten the international body.

I agree with President Trump that NATO should secure the Straits of Hormuz.  But threatening the international body only hurts America in the long run, especially if that threat comes from the President of the United States.   Also, what will happen to NATO if they do not secure the Straight of Hormuz?  With oil reaching $105 a barrel this week, America can not take any chances.  But America does have a way out of high gas prices.  We can drill, baby, drill for oil.  As of right now, America is the leading supplier of oil in the world.  America should stop shipping so much oil to other nations and focus on obtaining the oil for itself to bring down oil and gasoline prices before the summer rush, when I predict oil will be at its highest retail value.

With the war between Iran and the United States raging in its third week of the illegal war, President Trump can't take any chances.  It is illegal since only Congress has the power to declare war, not President Trump.  President Trump can bring oil prices down in a simple way.  He can shut up and shut his pie hole for once.  As always, comments are accepted.

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Source: NPR STAFF. "Trump Threatens NATO Allies over Straight of Hormuz Help." NPR.com Washington, DC: Monday, March 16, 2026.https://www.npr.org/2026/03/16/nx-s1-5749109/trump-threatens-nato-strait-hormuz-iran-war

ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST STATE

 AMERICA NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE GULF STATES

By: Derek Varsalona

America needs to get out of the Gulf States now.  The fact of the matter is that America has always had a horrible policy in the Middle East.  Our policy has always been that America stands with Israel, even when Israel is known as a terrorist state.  When Israel attacks a Muslim school, we say it is in self-defense, but when a Muslim attacks Israel, that is terrorism.  Israel is the most lethal state and is a terrorist state.  The fact is that one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.  I still do believe that the reason America was attacked on September 11, 2001, was because we support Israel.

As of right now, new missile attacks are on the Gulf states.  The United States wants the people to rise up and overthrow their leaders.  That would only be able to happen if the Americans were willing to arm those citizens.  If America is not willing to arm the citizens, then it's a no-go since the leaders control all the weapons.  Maybe the NRA should arm the Muslim freedom fighters against Iran, Israel, and their leaders.

The fact is, our American policy has been wrong for so many years.  The policy of wherever we stand, we stand with Israel is wrong on so many levels and was the cause of September 11, 2001. Osama Bin Laden said it himself.  As always, comments are accepted.

Israel is a terrorist state
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Source: Sam Metz. "Gulf Arab States Intercept New Missiles and Drones as Iran Threatens to Widen War." Wood TV.com, Washington, DC: Sunday, March 15, 2026. https://www.woodtv.com/business/ap-business/ap-trump-urges-us-allies-to-send-warships-to-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-vows-to-retaliate/

PRESIDENT TRUMP BOMBS IRAN OIL FIELDS

TRUMP BOMBS IRAN OIL FIELDS

By: Derek Varsalona

In yet another miscalculation of the escalating war in Iran, President Trump ordered the American military to bomb the oil fields of Iran.  President Trump struck Kharg Island in Iran on Saturday.  Kharg Island is a major oil supplier to Iran.

The bombing of Khrag Island is the wrong move for America to have taken.  What should have been done is that the American forces should have captured Kharg Island and held the oil hostage.  That would have most likely still raised oil prices, but bombing the oil fields also would raise oil prices in America and throughout the world.

President Trump and the American military are not fighting this war correctly.  It would have been better to seize the oil supplies in Iran.  If you can not fight a war correctly, maybe you should not be fighting the war at all, and save American soldiers' lives.  As always, comments are accepted.

Trump Bombs Iran Oil Fields
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Monday, March 9, 2026

Source: Famaz Fassihi. "U.S. Bombs Iran Oil Hub." The New York Times. Tehran: Saturday, March 14, 2026. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/14/world/iran-war-trump-oil-israel

THE IRAN WAR COST TO MUCH WITH NO END IN SIGHT

 THE HUMAN TOLL OF THE IRAN WAR

By: Derek Varsalona

As I said numerous times, I am against President Trump and his occupation of Iran.  The human cost of the war is more staggering to me than the financial cost.

As of right now, the war has cost America 11 billion dollars, and we are only six days into the war in Iran.  That money can be better used to feed the homeless, educate, and support other domestic programs.

The reason I am against this war is not the cost in a fiscal sense.  I am against this war for the human sense of the cost of human lives.  I feel as if President Trump does not know what the endgame is for the war in Iran.  As of right now, 5,000 Marines have been needlessly called up to fight in an unknown mission.  I do not know what they end game is in this war with Iran.  As of right now, America has taken 90% of the oil supplies in Iran.

As of right now, I see no endgame.  I do not know what the mission is in Iran.  For that very reason, America should get out of Iran.  As always, comments accepted.

The Staggering Cost of the Iran War
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Source: Seren Hughes. " U.S. Bombs Crown Jewell Oil Island." The Times of London. Tehran.: Saturday, March 14, 2026.

IRAN HAS TAKEN OUT AN OIL TANKER

IRAN HITS THAILAND TANKER

By: Derek Varsalona

On Thursday, March 12 Iran struck a Thailand Tanker in the Straits of Harmous. It was hit with a projectile C-80 Nor Missile.  You see, ladies and gentlemen, Iran is testing the world and President Trump.   America should not fall for the Iranian ploy.  If Thailand wants to go to war with the Iranian regime, then so be it.  America should not fall for the Iranian trap a blow with the winds of war that is calling.

America has no right to be in a war with Iran.  No good is going to come from fighting Iran.  I am afraid that the Iran conflict is going to be another conflict like Iraq, where we still have American troops decades after Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein was assassinated. 

You the Iranians are testing President Trump.  It is an Iranian trap that is being set, and I am afraid that President Trump is going to fall for the trap.  What scares me the most is that if we engage with Iran countless American lives are going to be lost in a war and an attack on American interest and the American homeland far greater then  September 11, 2001 or Benghazi.  As always comments accepted.

Iran takes out an Oil Tanker

Source: Matt Gutman. "Strike on Thai Tanker in Strait of Hormuz Maybe Message to U.S." CBSNews.com Straight of Hormuz: Thursday, March 12, 2026. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-strike-ship-oil/

IRAN IS BETTER PREPARED FOR WAR THEN THE UNITED STATES

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WISHY-WASHY ON IRAN

By: Derek Varsalona

Does President Trump also have dementia like former President Joe Biden did?  That may be the case.  Often, his closest advisors, even those with military experience, do not know what the objective is in Iran.  This leaves are troops in harm's way and lead to a moral collapse when you do not have a clear objective from your Commander in Chief.

Many military leaders say publicly that it is hard to figure out President Trump's objective in the war in Iran.  That makes it hard to plan for the next phase of the war in Iran.  It is being reported that President Trump often claims victory, then claims that the war must continue, often within the same sentence, not only in a news conference but also in meetings with military leaders.

This war is not winnable.  It is not winnable due to the fact that we have a Commander in Chief that does not know what is going on.  As always, comments accepted.

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Source: Barak Ravid. " Trump's Iran War Whiplash Clouds US Endgame." Axois.com 

NEW SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN CHOSEN

MOJTABA KHAMENEI SELECTED NEW LEADER

By: Derek Varsalona

Iran clerics have selected their new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.  He is the son of the former leader, Khamenei.  President Trump has vowed to assassinate this leader, also.

That is just the problem with America.  We try to take out leaders that America disagrees with.   President Trump said he wanted to select the new leader of Iran.  However, it is not President Trump's decision to make.  Nor is it the American public's decision to make.  The new leader should have been chosen by the Iranian people, not the elite clerics of the nation.

America has always had a problem.  Our problem is that we nation-build so much, and the Iran conflict is no different.  We tried to nation-build in Iraq.  It has been decades since Saddam Hussein's assassination by the Americans.  Now, Iraq is in civil war, and American forces should be removed from Iraq.  With that being said, America should not be in Iran either.  Israel is well capable of fighting Iran on their own.

The problem is America loves to nation-build.  But what Americans and their politicians do not understand is that who Iran selects for their leader is none of America's business at the current time.

Due to this needless war with Iran, crude oil prices are soaring.  President Trump is making life more expensive for the American people.  America had no right to attack Iran.  At the time of the attack, Iran was no threat to America.  I think I can safely say now that Iran is America's number one enemy as of right now, and that is shameful.  As always, comments accepted.

New Supreme Leader of Iran
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Source: Yan Zhuang. "Iran's new leader Signals Defiance as War Rattles Markets." The New York Times. Tehran: Monday, March 9, 20206. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/09/world/iran-war-trump-israel-lebanon